The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, October 31, 1946, Image 3
CHURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 31, 1946 THE BATTALION Page 3 iood Fellowship is \im of Employees Vew Dinner Club Formation of a College Employ es Dinner Club was announced by )r. G. W. Schlesselman and Mrs. /. M. Turner, co-chairmen of a emmittee appointed by the Pres- lent’s Office to perfect such an rganization. The purpose of the club will e that of enabling college em- loyees to become better acquaint- d and to provide food, entertain- lent and good fellowship. Regular leetings will take place on the econd Thursday of each month t 7 p.m. in Sbisa Hall. The first leeting will be on November 14. Food will be served by the iollege Subsistence Director at cost of $1.25 per plate. The club ill be charged cost prices for >od, and all money left over will e spent for recreation. After ach meal tables will be cleared nd the remainder of the even- ig devoted to dancing. All col- !ge employees and their wives are ivited to attend club meetings, ickets must be purchased at the ggieland Inn by Wednesday noon efore the Thursday meeting, hese tickets will be placed on lie each Monday before the meet- ig on Thursday. Suggested dress for this occa- on is formal, but members are ielcome to come in informal pess. Person attending the meet- igs are requested to wear some ird showing their department or [vision. The committee in charge of ar- mgements consist of J. E. Rob- rts, W. E. Street, Dr. J. H. Mil- !f, Mrs. J. D. Prewit, Mrs. T. W. eland, Mrs. N. F. Rode, Mrs. B. L Zinn and Mrs.. W. M. Turner ad Dr. G. W. Schlesselman, co- aairmen. 3eaumont A&M Club At the first meeting of the leaumont A. & M. Club held this emester, Aubry Dickson was lected president. Ed Hogan will erve as vice-president; Bill Ed wards, secretary; treasurer will be 5. W. French, and Andy Cokinos, usiness manager. Tentative plans for a Christmas lance were made. The next regular neeting for the Beaumont Club idll be November 6. Agronomy Society Hears Speakers on Extension Service James D. Prewit, vice-director, and Joe L. Matthews, assistant in agricultural planning for the Ex tension Service, spoke to the Agron omy Society Tuesday night, Oct. 22. Mr. Prewit stated that the Ex tension Service has 700 employees, serving as agriculture agents, home demonstration agents, and district agents. With this number of employees, Prewit said, “There is an average of 30 men turnover or less to other agencies each year.” Closely related to Mr. Prewit’s speech, Mr. Matthews stated that Extension Service per sonnel are eligible for teacher re tirement as well as Civil Service re tirement, only by entering into the retriement plan set up for Civil Service employees. Matthews also advised men interested in enter ing Extension Service work to contact Mr. Prewit. George W. Rivers, president of the club, has appointed Howard Anderson, Bob Moore, and Ray Wilson on the planning committee for the annual Cotton Pageant and Ball. The Agronomy Society plans to send two delegates to the Nation al Convention to be held in Omaha, Neb. These delegates will be chosen by the members of the society. Horticulture Club The Horticulture Society met Tuesday night, October 15, with its president, G. C. Wilson, presid ing, and heard Dr. Guy W. Adriance, head of the Horticulture department, as the speaker of the evening. Dr. Adriance spoke briefly on the United Fruit Company and told of its history and its holdings in the citrus regions of Central and South America. He explained that the company’s main export was bananas and that they are now in the process of expanding their holdings and improving their plan tations to produce larger crops. Dr. Adriance expressed the hope that some of the society seniors might use this as an opportunity for a position after graduation. The next meeting of the society will be the first Tuesday in Novem ber at the A. H. pavilion. The meetiri'g will be at 7:30 in the even ing and all members are urged to be present. SPECIAL OFFER 1 8x10 Picture worth $3.50 In Nice Folder for : $2.50 Bring this ad with you and save *1.00. This offer is not good in December. AGGIELAND STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHS of DISTINCTION Serving Aggies for 26 Years JO,E SOSOLIK, Proprietor Town Hall Presents Whittemore & Lowe CLUBS Ryan to Head ASHVE Chapter Key W. Ryan was elected chair man of the American Society of Heating and Ventilation Engineers at their first meeting on October 17. Herbert Kay was elected vice- chairman; Leroy Brown will serve as secretary-treasurer; and Wayne E. Long, reporter. John S. Hopper, a member of the society, spoke briefly on the background of the ASHVE. Plans are being made to have guest speakers at all forthcoming meet ings, Ryan announced. This new campus society is the only student chapter in the coun try. Due to this fact, it has the support of the senior chapters lo cated in Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio. These chapters have agreed to aid undergraduate stu dents in finding air conditioning jobs during the summer months. The next meeting of the ASHVE will be held on Thursday, Novem ber 21, stated Ryan. Dallas Club Elects Gilbert President The Dallas A. & M. Club met Monday night, October 15, for the first time of the current semester with 75 members present. Primary purpose was the election of of ficers and reorganization of the club. Boots Gilbert was elected presi dent; Bob Martin was chosen vice- president; secretary is Asa Holle- man; Horace Goswick was named treasurer; and Max Ploeger, social secretary. It was announced that all Dallas Aggies are invited to a dance given by the Dallas A. & M. Mothers’ Club after the A. & M. - SMU football game on Nov. 9. Asa Holleman, secretary, stated that dues would be three dollars for new members and one dollar for old members. Students having old memibership cards in their possession could join the club with out payment of any fees. A&M Judging Team F. M. Lyles, ’17, was host to A. & M.’s livestock judging team, who Saturday placed tenth in the Intercollegiate Livestock Judging Contest in Kansas City, Missouri. This national judging contest is sponsored by the American Royal Livestock and Horse Show. Assist ing Mr. Lyles as members of the Kansas City A. & M. Club were C. C. Yates, ’17, T. Lewis Jones, ’23, Dick Perry, ’25, A. P. Morey, ’25, and D. H. Douglas, ’40. On Sunday, October 20, the team and coach W. M. Warren were dinner guests of the Kansas City A .& M. Club. Team members making the American Royal Contest were H. G. Law, W. T. Magee, W. P. Sayles, W. E. Berry, Jr., Morris Duncan, and W. A. McClure. Accompanying the teann were C. R. Landon and Charles Lowe, assistant coach. A&M FFA Chapter Organizes, Elects Officers for Year James R. Mclroy, Hillsboro was elected president of the Texas A. & M. FFA Chapter in a meet ing that was dleld Tuesday even ing, October 15, in the Ag En gineering lecture room. McLroy, an ex-serviceman in the class of ’45, is one of the ten men who made the South American Good Will tour during the summer. Vice-president for the semester will be Raymond Birdwell of Bon ham. Walter S. White of Stephen- ville will serve as secretary, and Y. B. Johnson of Coleman will be treasurer. Student advisor, a new position in the chapter, will be fill ed by Joseph H. Lindley, a former state FFA president from Mt. Vernon. Earl Morrison of Tele phone was elected parliamentarian and O. L. Dennis of Moran was elected historian. Freddie Walters of Lewisville was chosen watch dog, and Ray Rector will serve the chapter as reporter. Faculty advisors for the chap ter are Mr. R. E. Alexander, head of the Ag Education department, Mr. E. V. Walton and Mr. Henry Ross, both of whom are members of the Ag Education staff. Mclroy appointed an objective committee to arrange programs for future meetings. The chapter wishes to obtain several out of town speakers and, if possible, of ficers of the national chapter. A picnic of the FFA chapter was held on Sunday afternoon, October 20, at the home of Mr. Alexander. Fall Fashion Show Held by Vet Wives Studentts, their wives, and famil ies presented a preview showing of the latest fashions in women’s apparel at the Fall Style Show held Tuesday evening, October 22, in Sbisa Hall. The show was pre sented b ythe Style and Fashion Group of the Veterans’ Wives Club. Clothes from WSD, Beverly Braley, Collegiate, and Betsy Ross Shops were modeled by members of the club. Attractive models, music, spotlights, and a carpeted ramp were some of the details making the showing pro fessional in presentation and pleas ing to watch. Mrs. Claude Mitchell, club sponsor, made a brief acknow ledgement speech, and Mrs. David Kemodle, chairman, conducted the showing and introduced the models. The following veterans’ wives served as models: Mesdames Har old F. Boyd, Tom M. Lamberth, Jr., Charles L. Taggart, John L. Zerr, Terry A. Clark, James H. Wilson, William G. McCamant, Malcolm L. Gunter Jr., Adrian D. Evans, James M. Walker, Woody Greene, Ross H. Spradley, Nancy Bannister, and Dorothea Stanber- ry. Limestone County Club Notes On Friday night, November 1, the CaCo3 Limestone County A. & M. Club will Ijave its first event on the social calendar. Carl Sad dler, Jack Jones, and Ed Morton were appointed to make all pre party preparations at the last meeting of this club. Piano Team to Feature Music With Bach | toJ^Boogie Variety Duo-pianiSts ARTHUR WHIT TEMORE and JACK LOWE, com ing to the stage of Guion Hall on Town Hall’s second big feature November 6. Rifle Team Begins With 53 Attending Major J. M. Cook announces that 53 men were present for the for mation of the A. & M. Rifle team. From the group present 15 will be picked and will fire competitive matches with TSCW and Houston. Master Sgt. Truman Allen will be coach for the team, and ac cording to Major Cook, “has had lots of experience with rifle teams”. Eleven of the members who are trying out for the team have been on previous rifle teams either at A. & M. or in the serv ice. New rifles will be used to fire on the small bore 1000-inch range, and the main objective of the group will be, says Master Sergeant Al len, “to have the best rifle team of any college.” Horsley Addresses ASME; Membership Increased to 250 The student branch of the Amer ican Society of Mechanical Engi neers held its third meeting of the current semester Tuesday, October 15, in the ME lecture room. Guest speaker for the evening was W. R. Horsley of the A. & M. Placement Office. Introduced by vice-chair man M. A. Horton, Mr. Hosrley spoke on the functions and future plans of his office, followed by a general discussion period. 150 members and visitors were present. The present membership drive, directed by W. J. Graff, has in creased the membership to 250 students. All engineering students, especially those majoring in ME, are invited to attend all future meetings, which are held on the first and third Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. An interesting and varied program has been plan ned for each meeting. Movies on the Tacoma Bridge disaster will be shown at the next meeting to be held on November 5. A joking remark and a summer vacation in Puerto Rico was the start of the young American piano team, Whittemore and Lowe, who will appear at Guion Hall on Nov. 6. Brought to the A&M College campus under the auspices of Town Hall ,these duo-pianists will please the serious music lover and the bobby-soxer. During their college career, these two students visited Whit- temore’s aunt in Puerto Rico and on one occasion a joking remark was passed about their musical talent. Hurriedly deciding to carry the joke through—though they had never played together in their lives—they scoured the stores and attic, unearthed a few numbers from Etude Magazine, and ar ranged them all for two pianos. As one things leads to another, sq did this successful joke lead them back to the mainland, where they began filling recital dates. About this time they also distin guished themselves by walking off with first place in a nation-wide glee club contest. The group they trained from the University of Rochester led the field of 145 Men’s Glee Clubs at Carnegie Hall. This brought them to the attention of Fred Waring, on whose radio show they have appeared many times since. Arthur Whittemore, a South Dakotan, laughs now when he tells about his first public ap pearance—playing for movies in his home town while he was still in public school. He was also solo ist with the student symphony at the Universtiy of South Dakota. A teaching fellowship at Eastman School took him to Rochester, N. Y. to earn his master’s degree. Jack Lowe’s first musical ex perience was at the age of six. He saw a toy violin in a Sears Roebuck catalog, and as a result of persistent begging, his pa rents finally bought it for him. He sawed on it for two years until his parents decided that he was in earnest. He played in the Denver Civic Symphony at the age of fifteen, and while he was a stu dent at Colorado State Teachers College he became interested in the piano. Some of his composi tions won him a scholarship to Eastman School, where he met Arthur Whittemore and eventually shared his fateful trip to Puerto Rico. Both pianists are promising composers. Lowe has done a large number of selections heard at symphony concerts and on radio Even a good egg has to be careful when the wife is boiling. networks. Whittemore has some orchestral pieces and unfinished operas to his credit. This ability has contributed to their fame as duo-pianists, for they play only their own arrangements and have enlarged the repertory consider ably. Released from the Navy after three and a half years' service on January 6, Whittemore and Lowe spent the next three weeks ar ranging and recording for Victor. Then they embarked on a concert tour that carried them through New England, the Middle West, and part of the South before returning to New York in April, 1946 for their first Carnegie Hall concert and their first New York appear ance as civilians in more than four years. During their Navy period, they gave more than 600 concerts before half a million service personnel— at one time they played 241 per formances in more than 40 hospi tals in 88 days, a concert record which may stand for all time. On the basis of their experi ence with GIs, Whittemore and Lowe are including in this ap pearance of numbers they found to be most popular with service personnel. In all, they now have a repertoire of 175 numbers in their own arrangements, of which sev enteen are of the popular school. To all music lovers, this Wed nesday evening performance at Guion Hall should not be missed. You’ll thrill to the piano team’s version of Bach, or the lilting boog ie-woogie rhythms. Whether you’re young or whether you’re old, the Whittemore and Lowe pair will raise the roof with applause. San Angelo Annual Dance on Dec. 27th The San Angelo A. & M. Club will have its annual Christmas dance on December 27 at the Han gar in San Angelo, it was decided at the last meeting. Furnishing music for the occasion will be the Aggieland Orchestra. Part of the proceeds of the dance will be used for another social of the club, and the re mainder will be donated to the San Angelo Mothers Club Fund to aid in sending local boys to A&M. Each town in the vicinity will select a duchess to represent the town at the dance. On Friday even ing preceding the dance there will be a get-acquainted reception. JUST RECEIVED I. E. S. LAMPS $5.75 Tex-Tan Belts and Billfolds $2.00 to $5.00 Shirts and Briefs 75^ per garment A Wide Assortment of Those Aggie Belt Buckles Aggie Rain Scarf Just the thing for the girl friend $1.00 New Shipments of Hard-to-Get Merchandise Arriving Daily Shop at the Exchange Store Often THE EXCHANGE STORE “Serving Texas Aggies”